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Masaki Tachibana

  • Director
  • Art Department
  • Animation Department
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Masaki Tachibana is known for Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2009), Princess Principal: Crown Handler: Chapter 3 (2023) and Princess Principal (2017).
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    Known for

    Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2009)
    Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
    7.9
    • Art Department
    • 2009
    Princess Principal: Crown Handler: Chapter 3 (2023)
    Princess Principal: Crown Handler: Chapter 3
    8.0
    • Director
    • 2023
    Princess Principal (2017)
    Princess Principal
    7.6
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    Houko Kuwashima and Kotono Mitsuishi in Noir (2001)
    Noir
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Director

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    Director

    • Princess Principal: Crown Handler: Chapter 3 (2023)
      Princess Principal: Crown Handler: Chapter 3
      8.0
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Blue Thermal (2022)
      Blue Thermal
      6.5
      • Director
      • 2022
    • You Taichi, Akira Sekine, Nozomi Furuki, Akari Kageyama, and Aoi Koga in Princess Principal Crown Handler: Chapter 2 (2021)
      Princess Principal Crown Handler: Chapter 2
      7.7
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Princess Principal Crown Handler: Chapter 1 (2021)
      Princess Principal Crown Handler: Chapter 1
      6.9
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Phantasy Star Online 2: Episode Oracle (2019)
      Phantasy Star Online 2: Episode Oracle
      6.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2019–2020
    • Princess Principal (2017)
      Princess Principal
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Dimension W (2016)
      Dimension W
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Ghost in the Shell Arise: Alternative Architecture (2015)
      Ghost in the Shell Arise: Alternative Architecture
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Barakamon (2014)
      Barakamon
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Giovanni's Island (2014)
      Giovanni's Island
      7.3
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Yuyushiki (2013)
      Yuyushiki
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2013
    • Legend of Heroes ~ Trails in the Sky (2011)
      Legend of Heroes ~ Trails in the Sky
      7.3
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2011
    • .hack//Quantum (2010)
      .hack//Quantum
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2010–2011
    • Tôkyô magunichûdo 8.0 (2009)
      Tôkyô magunichûdo 8.0
      7.8
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2009
    • Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit (2007)
      Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2007

    Art Department

    • Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin (2024)
      Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
      6.1
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2024
    • Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (2018)
      Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
      7.4
      • storyboard artist
      • 2018
    • Princess Principal (2017)
      Princess Principal
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2017
    • Napping Princess (2017)
      Napping Princess
      6.3
      • storyboard artist
      • 2017
    • Kuromukuro (2016)
      Kuromukuro
      7.2
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2016
    • Dimension W (2016)
      Dimension W
      6.8
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2016
    • Ghost in the Shell Arise: Alternative Architecture (2015)
      Ghost in the Shell Arise: Alternative Architecture
      7.3
      TV Series
      • storyboard
      • 2015
    • The Rolling Girls (2015)
      The Rolling Girls
      6.3
      TV Mini Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2015
    • Barakamon (2014)
      Barakamon
      8.2
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2014
    • Giovanni's Island (2014)
      Giovanni's Island
      7.3
      • storyboard artist
      • 2014
    • Yuyushiki (2013)
      Yuyushiki
      6.6
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2013
    • Hanasaku iroha (2011)
      Hanasaku iroha
      7.6
      TV Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2011
    • .hack//Quantum (2010)
      .hack//Quantum
      TV Mini Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2010–2011
    • Tôkyô magunichûdo 8.0 (2009)
      Tôkyô magunichûdo 8.0
      7.8
      TV Mini Series
      • storyboard artist
      • 2009
    • Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2009)
      Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
      7.9
      • storyboard artist
      • 2009

    Animation Department

    • Princess Principal (2017)
      Princess Principal
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • second key animator
      • key animator
      • 2017
    • Flip Flappers (2016)
      Flip Flappers
      7.2
      TV Mini Series
      • key animator
      • 2016
    • Dimension W (2016)
      Dimension W
      6.8
      TV Series
      • key animator
      • 2016
    • Is the Order a Rabbit? (2014)
      Is the Order a Rabbit?
      7.0
      TV Series
      • key animator
      • 2015
    • Girls und Panzer der Film (2015)
      Girls und Panzer der Film
      7.3
      • key animator
      • 2015
    • Yuyushiki (2013)
      Yuyushiki
      6.6
      TV Series
      • key animator
      • 2013
    • Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society (2006)
      Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society
      7.8
      TV Movie
      • key animator
      • 2006

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